Read the third and final (for now) Cho Nam-joo available in English and while it doesn’t match Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, it’s definitely better than Saha! 

This short story collection muses on similar themes to Kim Jiyoung- South Korean women and the challenges they face due to the country’s traditional gender roles. My favourite was probably Miss Kim Knows, about a woman who joins a company after Miss Kim, a low-ranking woman who basically kept the company running, has been let go. But she doesn’t go without a fight, enacting a quiet revenge on those who constantly underestimated and undervalued her. I also liked Night of Aurora, which featured an older woman finally making room for what she wants out of life. Dear Hyunnam Oppa was also quite a satisfying one, a woman finally wakes up to what a shit her fiancé is and absolutely roasts him via a letter. 

But I can’t say I’d recommend the audiobook. The narrator chooses such an odd array of accents and put-on voices for the characters, it kept taking me right out of the stories.

Translated by Jamie Chang